26 Aug 1915
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Newspaper
The Greenville Journal
Location
Greenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1915
Page
1
The Ohio State Fair opens next Monday with wide public appeal and reforms. The Agricultural Board sets a people’s show policy, prioritizing value over profit with bigger livestock, farm product displays, and prize money. A Panama Canal fireworks opening, a grand horse show, and state exhibits plus modernized grounds and free auto admission headline a record event.
Promotion touts the Howe Great London Show as a moral, entertaining act with a fresh program and rare animals. Organizers emphasize truthfulness, fair dealing, and acts that elevate while entertaining for a large local audience on Tuesday August 31.
A promotional note touts Po-Do-Lax as a night remedy for constipation with claims of overnight relief and bile-driven digestion. The issue also includes community items from Dayton and Greenville, updates on local funerals, reunions, church activities, fair schedules, and announcements from multiple residents.
Advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills in glass bottles containing 36 sugarcoated pills for 25c. Claims a single dose before bed eases constipation by morning. Also notes subscription payment rules and urges settling arrears.
Collier's Weekly notes that within ten years women will vote on par with men in most states as the movement overcomes doubt ridicule and argument. The era of indifference has ended with women voting in eleven states, up from four.
Ohio college presidents from Ohio Wesleyan University to Muskingum College join a campaign endorsing the Ohio Sunday School Association’s plan to raise 100000 dollars for a permanent headquarters and ongoing work. Endorsements cite endowment as essential for stable, expanded philanthropic service and Bible study.
The Ohio Sunday School association launches a campaign to raise 100000 led by Miss Anne Coushaine a former New York Times staffer and veteran campaign manager She has directed several 50000 to 100000 efforts in Reading Johnstown Kokomo South Bend Weehawken and other cities and has guided 100000 to 300000 drives in multiple states Her success stems from meticulous organization.
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